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 92 STAT. 3284

PUBLIC LAW 95-619—NOV. 9, 1978 " '

PART 3—MINORITY ECONOMIC IMPACT

SEC. 641. MINORITY ECONOMIC IMPACT. "(a)

ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF MINORITY ECONOMIC IMPACT.—

Title II of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7131-7139) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "OFFICE OF MINORITY ECONOMIC IMPACT

42 USC 7141.

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"SEC. 211. (a) There shall be established within the Department an Office of Minority Economic Impact, The Office shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Director shall be compensated at the rate provided for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. "(b) The Director shall have the duty and responsibility to advise the Secretary on the effect of energy policies, regulations, and other actions of the Department and its components on minorities and minority business enterprises and on ways to insure that minorities are afforded an opportunity to participate fully in the energy programs of the Department. "(c) The Director shall conduct an ongoing research program, with the assistance of the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, and such other Federal agencies as the Director determines appropriate, to determine the effects (including the socio-economic and environmental effects) of national energy programs, policies, and regulations of the Department on minorities. In conducting such program, the Director shall, from time to time, develop and recommend to the Secretary policies to assist, where appropriate, such minorities and minority business enterprises concerning such effects. In addition, the Director shall, to the greatest extent practicable— "(1) determine the average energy consumption and use patterns of minorities relative to other population categories; "(2) evaluate the percentage of disposable income spent on energy by minorities relative to other population categories; and "(3) determines how programs, policies, and actions of the Department and its components affect such consumption and use patterns and such income. "(d) The Director may provide the management any technical assistance he considers appropriate to minority educational institutions and minority business enterprises to enable these enterprises and institutions to participate in the research, development, demonstration, and contract activities of the Department. In carrying out his functions under this section, the Director may enter into contracts, in accordance with section 646 of this Act and other applicable provisions of law, with any person, including minority educational institutions, minority business enterprises, and organizations the primary purpose of which is to assist the development of minority communities. The management and technical assistance may include—

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